pleasantry

[US]/'plez(ə)ntrɪ/
[UK]/ˈplɛzəntri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 客氣話;客套;禮儀
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

exchange pleasantries

交換寒暄

Example Sentences

exchanged pleasantries before getting down to business.

在開始做生意前的寒喧

after an exchange of pleasantries, I proceeded to outline a plan.

打趣一番之後,我接着講了一個計劃的提綱。

Swapping pleasantries, two cardinals prepare to enter the Synod Hall for a consistory, an assembly of cardinals that advises the pope.

兩位紅衣主教邊開玩笑邊走入宗教會堂準備參加紅衣教會議,這個紅衣主教集合的會議作用是獻策於教皇。

For many years Jess had been employed about the cemetery as a man-of-all-work and it was his favourite pleasantry that he knew 'every soul in the place.

許多年來,墓地僱他做雜差,而他最得意的玩笑就是他認識“墓地裏的每個幽靈”。

exchanging pleasantries with colleagues

與同事交換寒暄

a brief pleasantry before the meeting

會議前的簡短寒暄

pleasant pleasantries at the party

派對上愉快的寒暄

a formal pleasantry in the email

郵件中的正式寒暄

offering pleasantries to new neighbors

對新鄰居表示問候

a pleasantry to break the ice

用一句客套話打破僵局

exchanging pleasantries with strangers

與陌生人交換寒暄

a pleasantry to start a conversation

用一句客套話開始對話

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